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CHMM Question 06/01/2017 Environmental Transport

The rate of groundwater movement is directly measured using which two of the
following methods?

A. Radiometric dating techniques using C-14 in dissolved carbon dioxide

B. Utilization of Darcys law
C. Adding a visible dye to a well and measuring time to detection at another well
D. Adding tritiated water to a dye and measuring for activity at another well

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Solution:

Direct measurement of groundwater movement rate can be performed by measuring C-

14 in dissolved carbon dioxide, as well as by adding a visible dye to a well and
measuring the time until the dye is found in another well. Tritiated water (3H2O) is
radioactive and would not be purposefully added to a groundwater well. Darcys Law
might allow you to estimate the rate of groundwater movement, but it would not be a
direct measurement.

The correct solution is A and C.

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